A good read on this is The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald. Boot-legging (the illegal sale of alcohol) was a known criminal practice, though the government could do little to stop the activities entirely
Chicago
1923
National Prohibition in the US began in 1920 but support for it declined throughout the 1920s.
what is one result of prohibition during the 1920s?
All US states were affected by National Prohibition.
By increasing crime, Prohibition led to violence.
The Prohibition Act ended April 7th, 1933.
prohibition
Prohibition was the largest social conflict in the 1920s.
In the 1920s, a bootlegger produce alcoholic beverages and supply them to speakeasies because of Prohibition.
The major political idea tested during the 1920s was that of National Prohibition.
The name of the act that enforced prohibition in the 1920s was the Volstead Act, also known as the National Prohibition Act. It prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States.